Minutes later, police surrounded the Chevrolet Impala and had three suspects in custody.

"They made a swift apprehension because the resources were already right here, in the right place, focusing on the right people at the right time," Deputy Chief Chad Kencht said.

Plain-clothes officers had been watching one of the people in the vehicle after receiving tips last week about an Impala in the area with armed people inside. Police didn't release the suspect's name, but Deputy Chief Chris Bailey said he "is known to have some violent criminal history."

The shooting occurred about 11 a.m. near 25th Street and Mitthoeffer Road. Five of the 10 criminal homicides in Indianapolis this year have occurred in the area of 42nd Street and Mitthoeffer, police said.

Tuesday's altercation is the latest in a string of recent incidents in which suspects have fired at officers.

On Jan. 15, 27-year-old Ryan McGill shot at officers Monica Hodge and Caitlin Epley about 7:30 p.m. near Howard and Shepard streets on the west side, police said. Bullets pierced the police vehicle's windshield and hood. One round landed in the headrest.

Scarsbrook carjacked another vehicle before crashing again at the intersection of Pendleton Pike and Post Road. He got out of the wrecked vehicle and fired upon officers. Three officers fired back. Scarsbrook died the next day.

On Dec 13, 39-year-old Christopher Johnson opened fire when SWAT officers forced entry into a home on the city’s east side, police said. An officer suffered a gunshot to the forearm. Johnson was critically injured when police returned fire.